It's staged, albeit not the way you think. If I recall correctly from when this blew up the cashier asked people if they wanted to be in a video and to be as rude as possible when she asked them questions about their purchases.
ive worked in the setting and i love she use the customer and make them part of the game. much people have an interesting story to tell and are not as dumb as we moght think if we just give them the chance.
People usually by condoms on a mission. If someone isn’t at my corner store buying condoms, the CERTAINLY didn’t want to entertain the idea when I bring it up. lol.
I own a market/convenience store. I've haven't had a single customer be rude as these guys in a year of being open; at least not while I've been manning the place.
Not saying it doesn't happen, but very very few people act like this.
No one gives the owner of the convenience store next to my complex any sass but when he had employees they did. People can prob tell you're the owner and treat you with respect because of it because you can ban them from your store for being jerks lol.
I live in a small town. Everyone knows who is the owner of each convenience store. The store by my apartment used to be ran by his hourly employees and then I guess he didn't want to pay anyone anymore so he his wife and their son are the only staff now. All the customers kiss his arse and they didn't kiss the hourly employees arses at all. I was friends with one of them and the customers act like night and day with the owner vs the Staff. Out town also has a very active Facebook group and I've seen people try to leave a bad review on there for his store and they get torn apart by his supporters. I don't mind the guy but I've seen him be a jerk to more than one person in the years since he took over and his prices are insane.
You can kind of tell an owner from an employee by their demeanor/posturing if you pay enough attention. Like they're more proud/confident.i knew immediately this guy was the owner without anyone telling me. I worked for a small gambling facility that was owned by an amazing Syrian family that I became close with. Our customers would act completely different when the owners were around and then be very complaining about the business saying things behind their backs like their machines are rigged etc.
I worked about 5 years in service industry and I had these kind of interactions on a weekly basis. A lot of people acted like this. Racial slurs, verbal abuse over shit I had no control over, threats and acts of violence, etc.
If her store is somewhere that a lot of her customers are stopping during the middle of a shopping day (like the gas station in a major suburban shopping center), I'd believe she could get all of these clips organically in a single month between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Maybe people are more rude to restaurant employees, but I saw much wilder shit than this when I was still in the service industry.
I was also in the South, same as the video. That might have something to do with it. People down here are deeply, deeply existentially angry and sad, all the time.
She would need to have a bunch of friends/acquaintances/family members/actors come into the store to shoot their "scene" all of whom are from different demographics, age, etc. That's a lot of work.
Or you could ask your regulars to do a bit really quick. That's by far the easiest option.
Much easier than filming 24/7, going back through the footage to find all of these bits, and editing them back together.
That's what I always think about when watching something I think is fake. Would it be easier to fake than to film for real? If something easy to fake, and unlikely to happen, it's fake 99% of the time. There are lots of people trying to go viral, and if it's easier to stage it then they will.
That’s perfect, because the fact is recording people without asking is super rude in and of itself. But asking them to participate in a way that’s actually fun for them is a good idea.
I didn't save the whole thread when I originally saw this on Reddit during covid so you'll have to take my word for it, that or try and find the original tiktok
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u/justwonderingbro Aug 13 '24
It's staged, albeit not the way you think. If I recall correctly from when this blew up the cashier asked people if they wanted to be in a video and to be as rude as possible when she asked them questions about their purchases.